If you guys are interested i have some photos of your yacht "Ballerina" sailing on the Clyde on 6th September 08. Didn't know how else to contact you.
Indeed one wonders if the Clyde series was inspired by McGonagall's immortal work on the "Silv'ry Tay". The reviewer looks forward to this talented director's next work. Will he go undercover and explore the Largs District Stamp Club or, at the risk of upsetting Scottish men, focus his camera on and tease out the drama in the Largs and District Embroiders' Guild?
Building on their success with the beer series: CAMRA Dancing Bears and Loch Fyne Brewery, and setting aside the below par Tall Ships Newcastle (forgivable the director being outside his Scottish milieu); fun on the Clyde is an excellent addition to the Stuart Productions stable. With his keen insight and incisive characteristic dead pan commentary, Neil Stuart brings to 21st century Scottish film what McGonagall's to its poetry in the 19th. (Cont 6)
The tension is continually changing, witness the dark allegorical scene of the skipper cleaning the heads (toilet) and a sudden change of mood to a scene of tender reconciliation when he serves mince pies to the first mate. How Scotsmen over 45 will cope with such scenes is a matter of conjecture. (Cont 5
He switches effortlessly between confident captain in command of his vessel and crew above decks, and undertaking mundane housekeeping tasks below. However, the main drama of the film is the tension between the captain and his crew, particularly the first mate. One shares the skipper's sense of foreboding when the first mate takes the helm, and it is a relief when the mis-en-scene switches below decks, but not for long as the director piles on the pressure. (Cont 4)
The film never lets up for a moment, continually assailing us with dramatic scenes above and below decks on the yacht Ballerina, but occasionally relieving the pressure with tranquil views of Scotland's west coast. Taking on the leading role of Ballerina's captain, the director is equally well at home in front of the camera as he is behind it (Cont 3)
Fresh from his recent triumph at The Scottish Association of Moviemakers where his film "The Clyde" scooped first prize, but still keeping focused on the iconic Scottish river, Largs based director Neil Stuart delivers another splendid vernacular film "Fun on the Clyde: Ballerina and Flagon": an action packed movie with feminist undertones. (Cont 2)
If you guys are interested i have some photos of your yacht "Ballerina" sailing on the Clyde on 6th September 08. Didn't know how else to contact you.
baldrickandgill 3 years ago
6
Indeed one wonders if the Clyde series was inspired by McGonagall's immortal work on the "Silv'ry Tay". The reviewer looks forward to this talented director's next work. Will he go undercover and explore the Largs District Stamp Club or, at the risk of upsetting Scottish men, focus his camera on and tease out the drama in the Largs and District Embroiders' Guild?
0017965 5 years ago
5
Building on their success with the beer series: CAMRA Dancing Bears and Loch Fyne Brewery, and setting aside the below par Tall Ships Newcastle (forgivable the director being outside his Scottish milieu); fun on the Clyde is an excellent addition to the Stuart Productions stable. With his keen insight and incisive characteristic dead pan commentary, Neil Stuart brings to 21st century Scottish film what McGonagall's to its poetry in the 19th. (Cont 6)
0017965 5 years ago
4
The tension is continually changing, witness the dark allegorical scene of the skipper cleaning the heads (toilet) and a sudden change of mood to a scene of tender reconciliation when he serves mince pies to the first mate. How Scotsmen over 45 will cope with such scenes is a matter of conjecture. (Cont 5
0017965 5 years ago
3
He switches effortlessly between confident captain in command of his vessel and crew above decks, and undertaking mundane housekeeping tasks below. However, the main drama of the film is the tension between the captain and his crew, particularly the first mate. One shares the skipper's sense of foreboding when the first mate takes the helm, and it is a relief when the mis-en-scene switches below decks, but not for long as the director piles on the pressure. (Cont 4)
0017965 5 years ago
2
The film never lets up for a moment, continually assailing us with dramatic scenes above and below decks on the yacht Ballerina, but occasionally relieving the pressure with tranquil views of Scotland's west coast. Taking on the leading role of Ballerina's captain, the director is equally well at home in front of the camera as he is behind it (Cont 3)
0017965 5 years ago
1
Fresh from his recent triumph at The Scottish Association of Moviemakers where his film "The Clyde" scooped first prize, but still keeping focused on the iconic Scottish river, Largs based director Neil Stuart delivers another splendid vernacular film "Fun on the Clyde: Ballerina and Flagon": an action packed movie with feminist undertones. (Cont 2)
0017965 5 years ago